Students
Scholarship
Program and Student Incentives
Scholarship
Program
MICHIGAN INDIAN ELDERS
ASSOCIATION 2010 SCHOLARSHIP NOTICE
The Michigan Indian Elders
Association (MIEA) is pleased to announce that it will make available
a minimum of four (4) $500 scholarships
and one (1) $1000 scholarship. The scholarships
will be awarded to at least five qualified students with the $1000 scholarship
being awarded to the most qualified student, as determined by committee
review and lottery, if necessary. Each student must be currently enrolled
in a course of study at, or have a letter of acceptance from, a public
college or university or technical school and must meet the following
qualifications.
QUALIFICATIONS – the
student:
Must
be an enrolled member ( copy of tribal card ) or be a direct
descendant of an enrolled member of one of the MIEA constituent Tribes/Bands
( must be verified in writing by your tribal Enrollment Department
).
Must
have successfully completed and passed all five General Education Development
(G.E.D.) equivalency tests with a minimum score of 40 and an average
score of 45 and must possess a G.E.D. certificate; or must have graduated
from an accredited high school with a 3.00 grade point average; or if
currently enrolled at a college, university or trade school, must have
an accumulated grade point average of 3.00.
Must,
except for special and extenuating circumstances, attend college, university
or trade school on a full-time basis.
Must
complete the provided application form and submit it with required supporting
documentation and the mailing must be RECEIVED
BY THE COORDINATOR not later than June
21, 2010.
(PLEASE NOTE, incomplete or late applications will not be considered).
An application form can be downloaded by clicking here.
The application can also be obtained from the tribal education department
of each of the constituent Tribes/Bands.
The following students were awarded scholarships for
the school year 2009/2010:
| Alyn
Alley |
Pokagon
Band |
$1000
|
| Dillon
Menard |
Sault Ste Marie Tribe |
$500 |
Michael
Denemy |
Little Traverse Band |
$500 |
Corey
Fountaine |
KBIC Tribe |
$500 |
Derek
Carpenter |
Pokagon Band |
$500 |
Kimberly
Ludwig |
KBIC Tribe |
$500 |
Debra
Antoine |
Little River Band |
$500 |
Current constituent Tribes/Bands
are:
STUDENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM 2009/10
A student incentive program is being
offered by the Michigan Indian Elders Association (M.I.E.A.) to recognize
students who achieve all “A's” for a marking period as well as students
who achieve perfect attendance for a marking period.
There will
be a minimum of $3,000 available to fund
this program this year. $25 will be awarded for
each qualified entry, up to the minimum available funds in the Program.
In the event that the number of qualified entries exceeds the funds
available, the winners will be determined by lottery. Here are
the conditions to qualify:
The student must be an enrolled member or be a
direct descendant of an enrolled member of one of the M.I.E.A. constituent
tribes/bands.
The student
must be in grades K-12 at a public or private school. (home schooling
not eligible)
A student
must be in grades 4-12 to qualify for the straight “A” award. (A-, A,
A+)
For a
school system that uses a grading system based on numbers, the equivalent
to straight “A's” will be acceptable.
A student
must be in grades K-12 to qualify for the perfect attendance award.
Perfect attendance
means exactly that. A student must be in school
or at a school sponsored function each day of the marking
period. Excused absences for anything other than a school sponsored/approved
function do not constitute perfect attendance.
The first
two marking periods of this 2009/2010 school
year will be used to determine the winners for this lottery.
A student
can qualify for both the perfect attendance and straight “A's” for both
marking periods. For example, straight “A's” and perfect attendance
for both marking periods would mean four chances to win.
A parent
of the student must complete and sign the Student Incentive
Program Application Form in order for the student to qualify for an
award.
A copy
of the child's report card signed by the parent or a letter from an
administrator of the student's school, must be submitted with the completed
application form to verify the achievement of straight “A's” and perfect
attendance.
The drawing to determine
the winners will be held at the April 2010
meeting of the Michigan Indian Elders Association hosted by the Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians.
VERY IMPORTANT - NECESSARY
!!!
You must follow these
directions for your child to be considered for an award. The completed
application form (this is a different document than this notice), a
signed report card or verification letter of achievement from a school
administrator and copy of student's or parent's tribal identification
card must be received at the following address not later than April
12, 2010:
Robert S. Menard,
President
Michigan Indian Elders Association
1910 North Lake Drive
Ishpeming, MI 49849
Application forms can be dowloaded
by clicking here,
or from your tribal Education Department.
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